- Title
- Urban women’s health inequalities and their determinants in Indonesia
- Creator
- Christiani, Yodi
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Description
- The majority of the world’s population live in urban areas, with urbanisation rates rapidly increasing in developing countries. The changes in physical and social environments can have an impact in various ways, including on women’s health. The emphasis of the current women’s health program is on reproductive and maternal health. This is unfortunate as there is increasing incidence and prevalence of non-communicable disease (NCD), particularly among women in urban areas. This thesis focuses on women’s health in urban Indonesia. Studies in this thesis aim to identify priority health problems among women in urban Indonesia; examine women’s health inequalities in selected cities; identify the key socio- economic factors contributing to the inequalities in disease morbidity and access to health care among women in four major cities in Indonesia; elicit women’s living experience in the capital city of Indonesia and the health consequences; and analyse the current national policies related to women’s health, including the gaps, policy making process, and challenges in implementation. Studies in this thesis applied mixed-method approach: secondary analysis of data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey-4 (IFLS-4), focus group discussions and interviews, and a policy analysis. Studies conducted in this thesis demonstrate the burden of NCD among women in urban Indonesia. NCD and depression was more concentrated among less advantaged women on decomposition analysis. Despite the high burden of NCD among women, current NCD policies are gender blind and there is lack of collaboration between NCD control and women’s health programs. The main implications of the findings of this research are: First, the women’s health program in urban Indonesia should be extended beyond reproductive and maternal health, with NCD requiring special attention due to the growing burden of disease. Second, it is important to address the socioeconomic inequalities between men and women; and among women. Providing better access for women to education and employment are then essential to improve women’s health. Third, Indonesia has potential to improve NCD control policies for better public health. This requires health to be put high on national political agenda and strong multisectoral collaboration. Additionally, health promotion and disease prevention programs are as equally important as improving access to treatment of diseases.
- Subject
- health inequalities; women's health; non-communicable disease; Indonesia; thesis by publication
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1315564
- Identifier
- uon:22962
- Rights
- Copyright 2016 Yodi Christiani
- Language
- eng
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